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Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 William Adrian Brennan, Private Collection
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Type of Media

Newspapers


Access for Researchers

By appointment


Content Summary

  • Manuscript written by his nephew Niall Brennan in 1954 based on notebooks of memoirs by William Adrian Brennan about federal figures such as Joseph Cook, Andrew Fisher and Keith Murdoch

Comments

William Adrian Brennan was a journalist for "The Argus" in Melbourne.

From 1901 he was a member of the federal parliamentary press gallery, then situated in Melbourne, writing under the name of "Ariel", and from 1927 until his retirement in 1939, he was chief leader writer for that newspaper.


Keywords

William Adrian Brennan, Niall Brennan, "The Argus", newspapers, manuscript, "Ariel", federal parliamentary press gallery, Keith Murdoch, Joseph Cook, Andrew Fisher


Contact Name

Mr Peter Brennan


Address

230 Hazeldene Rd, Gladysdale, Vic 3797


Phone and Fax

Ph: +61 (3) 5966 6204


Email

pjmb@hotkey.net.au


Website Link 1


Website Link 2

Affiliation Notes

  • This record is included in AustLit because it forms part of the Media Archives Project. AustLit does not comprehensively cover Australian Archives.

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